Terry,

Chicken-egg problem.

In my developer's life I have seen many software shops go out of the business because of too much self-confidence. But let's admit that QImage is the best printing program available (at this time). People who don't know that but who want to give it a try will first have to get familiar with the UI (and I repeat, it is very intimidating) and read through a very strangely structured manual which doesn't follow the basic rules for editing a software manual (tools like EC Software's Help & Manual could help produce something more readable). I made the necessary efforts to go through this because I knew from others that QImage was really worth it. Otherwise, I'm not sure I would have even tried to launch the first print job.

Just google a little bit and read what people say about QImage. Always the same: excellent printing tool... once you've gone through the user interface intricacies.


Please consider that printing is just one (final and important) step in the photographer's workflow. Beside learning how to make pictures in the first place, and even pros have to learn how to use their cameras, their always changing RAW development and retouching tools, etc. The software must adapt to the user, not the opposite.

Cheers.

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Patrick

Hi,

I agree with you Ray. There's a consistency problem with this interface. Its current behavior is misleading. Another example:

- I select an image in the Preview Pane.
- I switch to the FPE.
- I change my mind and click on Cancel.
- The image previously selected image has been deselected.

In any application, when an action is cancelled, the application should return to the same state it was in when the action was initialized: Cancel = Back to the previous state (I'm a developer and I always take care of this).

More generally, I think that the QImage UI should be reworked and simplified. QImage is an excellent program and I wouldn't print with any other tool. However, many potential customers are intimidated by this user interface. DDI Software is losing market shares because of this.

My two cents...

Cheers.

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Patrick

Thanks again, Fred.

Not a big deal. I can live with this behavior.

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Patrick

Thanks, Fred.

OK. It actually works that way. I missed that. But should the update of the settings not be automatic? I understand that since there can be multiple images in the page, each image can have its own border settings. But when I click on the "Full Page Editor" button while an image is selected, that image should be selected again when I come back from the editor (therefore, the settings would be automatically updated). I find this more logical and consistent.

By the way, when the page contains a single image and when the border settings have been changed in the editor, if I print directly after coming back from the editor, I'm not sure of which settings will be applied. This could explain why I sometimes got a border with the wrong thickness when printing.

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Patrick

Hi,

Is there any option allowing to view the Preview Page in high quality mode like in the Full Page Editor? Even if this makes things a bit slower.

Thanks.

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Patrick

Hi,

I have been using QImage for a while now and I'm really satisfied with the output quality. Much better than Lightroom or Photoshop. Congrats. On the other hand, I find the user interface rather complicated. Too distracting and confusing.

I have a problem when setting the options for a job. Many times, they don't seem to be synchronized when I switch from the Preview Page (main window) to the Full Page Editor. For example, when I change the border settings in the main window, they are not synchronized when I go to the Full Page Editor. By the way, the full page editor should show the border in the color selected by the user. For me, it's always blue (although printed in black - my selected border color).

Did I miss something?

Cheers.

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Patrick